+1…. Well said!!It’s good to feel the ‘luv’…… or the “something”, whatever the case may be.

ToyKeeper wrote:

I must love you guys or something, because I went through the entire thread history and categorized every post as a [+] request, a [-] cancellation, or a [c]omment with no effect on the list. All 5400 posts. With repeated + and – entries when people wanted more than one.

Make the lights now, using parts from Digikey. Based on Bob’s small sample, the tint might be above the BBL.

Wait ~6 weeks until a more specific tint bin can be obtained from the manufacturer.

Make the XP-L HI model now, and do the LH351D lights later.

Here’s the beam shot again, cropped to remove the other light in the original picture: />

I may be biased in that I want the XP-L Hi version, but I’d say produce the XP-L Hi now and then LH351D later. If I was going for the Samsung version I’d rather wait for the possibility of a good tint given what I’ve seen with my LH351D emitters.

Make the lights now, using parts from Digikey. Based on Bob’s small sample, the tint might be above the BBL.

Wait ~6 weeks until a more specific tint bin can be obtained from the manufacturer.

Make the XP-L HI model now, and do the LH351D lights later.

Here’s the beam shot again, cropped to remove the other light in the original picture: />

I may be biased in that I want the XP-L Hi version, but I’d say produce the XP-L Hi now and then LH351D later. If I was going for the Samsung version I’d rather wait for the possibility of a good tint given what I’ve seen with my LH351D emitters.

I vote XPL-HI now. Ive seen so many green LH351s that im totally turned off by them unless we can guarantee a rosy tint. Ill buy 1-2 4k XPL-HIs right now if theyre offered at the estimated prices.

I don’t mind waiting another 6 weeks and get the product like it was supposed to be but on the other hand I do like 4k XP-L HI so I’d probably get both
As I’ve got mercy for my wallet I’d say let’s wait

I say start pumping out the HI versions and start building the better tint ones when they arrive. This project has potential to create the nearly ideal edc 18650 light. I’d hate to have a less than stellar tint and start wondering about modding it right off the bat.

I must love you guys or something, because I went through the entire thread history and categorized every post as a [+] request, a [-] cancellation, or a [c]omment with no effect on the list. All 5400 posts.

I’d prefer to wait for a good tint Samsung LED, if the only ones available at the moment are questionable.

I don’t want to pay 20% more for XPL-Hi.

I’m sure the XPL-Hi will be great, but I’ve got many other torches with them, and want to try something different.

How are Lumintop estimating the interested quantities for each option ? This is the first time that it has been clarified what is actually being considered, after the poll, and, understandably, the interest list does-not/could-not differentiate between preferred choices since the options were not finalised.

Perhaps the poll results might give a clue as to the breakdown, but that might require some clever statistical insight. And a delay to one option might skew the demand to the first to be available.

A suggestion: why don’t we formalise the way of joining the interest list, using a specific phrase that can be parsed automatically, or a web form/database, instead of by human labour ?

E.g. [express interest “Tom Tom” X1 option B]

or [cancel interest “Tom Tom” X2 option B]

Then, if option B is delayed, any wishing to change their mind to (available) option A would be allowed to do so, after a suitable delay, maybe a month, to allow all the option A list to place their orders, then any leftovers (I doubt there will be many) would be on a first-come first-served basis.

That’s one problem with offering a choice.

Then there is the difficulty of sending out unique codes to each on the lists, to be linked in to the distributor’s system (will this be direct from Lumintop, or instead via a retailer with a better distribution system than that of e.g. the GT ?)